Saturday, February 27, 2010

Eliana Olivera (22, 1.75m, from Montevideo) won the Miss Mundo Uruguay 2010 title at the Conrad Punta del Este Resort. She will represent Uruguay in Miss World 2010. The first runner-up is Evangelina Lechini, second runner-up is Natalie Yoffe and the third runner-up is Rocio Da Silva.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

The Miss Aruba Organization appointed Kimberly del Valle Kuiperi as the representative from Aruba to Miss World 2010. She was a runner-up in Miss Aruba 2009 celebrated last November. She is 21 years old and comes from Tanki Leendert.

Miss Botswana 2010 will be crowned on May 22 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre. She will represent Botswana in Miss World 2010.

Côte d'Ivoire

The new Miss Côte d'Ivoire 2010 will be crowned on June 4. A series of casting will be held around the country from February 6 to May 1 to select the contestants. The winner will represent Côte d'Ivoire in Miss World 2010.

Germany

Apparently there is a new national director in Germany as a consequence of the scandal last year with Alessandra Alores and the alleged irregularities during the selection process of Miss World Deutschland 2009. It seems that the winner of Miss Deutschland or Miss World Deutschland will not attend Miss World 2010. We will confirm the news shortly.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Samantha Tshuma, 21 from Bulawayo, was crowned Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2010 at the Harare Convention Center. She will represent Zimbabwe in Miss World 2010. First runner-up is Chido Mashaya and second runner-up is Tafadzwa Muchemanyi.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

After the Miss World flag was handled to Vietnam during the 59th Miss World finals in South Africa, the province of Khanh Hoa and the city of Nha Trang withdrew from hosting the 60th edition of Miss World. Earlier in January, US-based RAAS group, license holders of Miss World in Vietnam retired their sponsorship for the pageant after a long dispute of which city, Nha Trang or My Tho, would host the final event. The government of Khanh Hoa could not secure the $10 million US dollars needed to stage the event and rather will focus on hosting a much lesser known international pageant. There is no news on where Miss World 2010 Festival will be celebrated as of today.

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